Walking out of the office and gathering herself mentally for the noisiness and chaos of the tower, Raven thought about what the doctor had said.
"Good luck!" Good luck? It was only a smear after all, but Raven dismissed it and took it only as kindness from the doctor, which was nothing but good, surely.
"So, when I get home I'll meditate, and perhaps I'll catch Beast Boy before, or after, or maybe I'll go and sit there if he's watching TV. I mean, just because I'm there, doesn't mean I have to watch it. I could always just watch him. No - concentrate Raven. It isn't appropriate to have relationships within a team. Just - stop. Anyway, I'll meditate, and then maybe I'll read a bit more of that book. Who knows." She thought. But even trying to not think about what she was gonna say to him was impossible, never mind what he said last night or how gorgeous he looked or how much she would like to run her hands through his hair. But no. That wasn't going to happen.
As she walked into the tower, brooding over what on Earth she was gonna say, do, think next time she saw him, it was hard not to think of that, but she always gave in eventually and let her mind wander, she heard his voice.
"Hey Rae!" he greeted her as she floated through the elevator door, scaring her because she was so busy thinking, she wasn't using her brain and didn't see him. She still wasn't using her brain when she immediately used a portal to get to her room without skipping a beat, leaving her annoyed that she'd missed a chance to have a normal conversation with him while she stared at him and hoped he wouldn't notice. But no staring or talking, because she'd made a moronic choice to go straight to her room and would have to stay there for a while to berate herself and come up with a plan for the next time he spoke to her. The thing about him was, his utterly beautiful face and laugh that made her want to kiss him forever made her, well, want to kiss him forever. And with the demon thing and the bad attitude thing, which was just how she was, not being able to think straight or give a comprehensible answer drove her mad.
Half an hour later she drifted into the living room, sat down on the sofa and opened her book, seemingly reading it. But really, she was thinking about the fact that her and Beast Boy happened to be the only ones in the tower and what could happen. She glanced up at him, to where he was sitting on the other side of the chair where she thought he was watching TV. But he was not watching TV, he was watching her. Her heart felt like it stopped in her chest, fell out onto the floor and kept beating there instead.
"Why are you watching me?". It came out sharper than intended, but did the trick and he flushed slightly, fiddled with his hands and answered her in a nervous voice.
"Because you're fun to watch." She grinned slightly and she was sure she turned a bit red, but she didn't really care and just thought about how he'd said she was fun to watch. Did that mean she was pretty, or something else? She turned back to her book and replayed the moment inside her mind a million times.
2 weeks later
He still seemingly haunted her, constantly in her mind wherever she went, but in a way she enjoyed thinking of him, his mischievous smile. She new she shouldn't, but she didn't care anymore. Nothing had happened since that moment 2 weeks ago, and if she didn't know better she'd say he was nervous of talking to her. Yes, she was petrified she was going to make a fool out of herself when he was there, but she didn't avoid him and she certainly didn't walk out of a room as soon as he entered, like he did to her. It was agony. She wanted to talk to him, but she only saw him for fleeting seconds before he made an excuse and left.
She ran out her room, not even bothering to use her portal, and threw up into the toilet. She coughed and wiped her hand against her forehead, feeling sweaty and dizzy. She stood up, pulling herself up with the bathroom sink to steady herself as she was so dizzy she wasn't sure she could stand. Suddenly she heard a voice, and her emotions muddled around inside her, wondering whether to be relieved he was actually speaking to her or embarrased that he saw her when she felt so awful, bent over the toilet, probably looking even worse. His face was filled with worry as he asked if she was ok.
"Yeah, I'm fine." she answered, but staggered as she walked, proving herself wrong.
"Here, let's go to the kitchen and I'll get you a glass of water, ok?" he said it like a question, but he took her arm and led her away as he was saying it, leaving her no chance to argue. She leant on him and chugged down the glass of water in seconds, drinking another after that just as quickly.
"So what's going on with you?" He questioned.
"I don't know. I probably just ate something bad. I'll be fine by tomorrow." She didn't mean it to sound so sharp and rude, but she had no idea why she was feeling so bad and didn't want to confess that.
"Ok, well I'll take you back to your room and you can go back to sleep, ok?" He asked her, adding the ok on the end again. He didn't seem to be actually talking to her, just asking questions, but he wasn't ignoring her so Raven took what she could get and let him lead her back to her room.
After he put her back in bed, she fell asleep quickly, and he stood there watching her. He was worried about her, as they'd all been eating the same things and only she was ill. He knew she knew what she was talking about, but he still stood there, almost guarding her. Her cloak was left on the floor, an unusual gesture for her as the few times he'd been in her room, each time he'd been severely punished for being there, it had been spotless. But he put her forgetfulness down to not feeling right and decided to hang it up to save her the trouble. There was a large chest of drawers on the other side of the room with three compartments, but as he didn't know which one was where her cloaks were kept he decided he'd just check each draw and put it in the one where the others were, if there was more than one cloak. However, he forgot a crucial detail, the fact that many people keep their underwear in the top drawer. He slid it open and felt a blush rising up his cheeks when he realised what was stored in there. Copious amounts of lacy underwear, in black, deep purple and even scarlet. He knew he probably shouldn't be shocked, as Raven obviously wore underwear, but her just didn't expect it to be so...sexy. Not that he'd been thinking about her underwear of course, or even her. He left the cloak on the floor and decided it would be best if he didn't go through anymore of her stuff.
When she woke up, Raven was pleasantly surprised to find a glass of water and a bucket next to her bed. No note, but she assumed it was Beast Boy as he was the only one who knew she wasn't feeling great. It gave her a warm feeling to know he cared about her, and she couldn't stop a small smile spreading across her face. But why was she feeling ill. She knew it wasn't food poisoning, and demons didn't get bugs like chicken pox or throwing up. When she went to the bathroom that morning, she also noticed something was missing, or rather wasn't happening. So what, she didn't have a period that month and was throwing up. Big deal. But out of caution, she used the communal teen titans computer to search up and see if there were any other plausible explanations.
"Missed a period and throwing up" she typed in, clicking on the first page that came up, WebMD. She knew she shouldn't be using a site to diagnose herself, but she was worried and even though half of the things on here were things that happened to humans, she was half human. After looking through, she decided it was just a coincidence and she'd wait a few days before getting worried. Turning off the computer, she floated into the kitchen to get some breakfast just as Beast Boy floated out, and he gave her a questioning look as if to ask if she was ok, to which she responded with a small nod, saying she was completely better. Beast Boy ran to the computer and turned it on so he could play some games, but the website that came up confused him. He read the description and deleted the tab quickly. Even though she was pretending she was fine, she was clearly worried, otherwise why on Earth would she be searching up what was wrong with her. This made him even more worried, but it was her business so for once he decided not to meddle, and tried not to think of the fact that Raven had a period, even though she was half demon. Seeing as that didn't work, he tried not to think of her, but that was even harder, so just traipsed into his room and thought about last night.